Hermès
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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction • A Refinery 29 Favorite Book of the Year • A Booklist Top 10 First Novels of the Year • A People Best Book of the Fall
"Wonderful… completely transporting." -Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe and The Song of Achilles
In 1780s London, a prosperous merchant finds his quiet life upended when he unexpectedly receives a most unusual creature-and meets a most...
2) The mats
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Publisher
Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Pub. Date
1999
Description
Marcelina's father comes home from a trip to Manila with beautiful hand-made sleeping mats for each member of his large family, including the three daughters who died when they were very young.
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Pub. Date
2018.
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"Irish Times In 1780s London, a prosperous merchant finds his quiet life upended when he unexpectedly receives a most unusual creature--and meets extraordinary woman-in this much-lauded, atmospheric debut that examines our capacity for wonder, obsession, and desire with all the magnetism, originality, and literary magic of The Essex Serpent.One September evening in 1785, Jonah Hancock hears an urgent knocking on his front door near the docks of London....
5) Koda
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Series
Horse diaries volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Traveling with his owners from Missouri to Oregon in 1848, Koda, an energetic two-year-old quarter horse, finds the long journey increasingly tedious and tiring until his young owner goes missing on the trail and he must use all his skills to find her.
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Joshua's Oregon Trail diary volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001
Description
In 1848, nine-year-old Joshua Martin McCullough writes a journal of his family's journey from Missouri to Oregon in a covered wagon. Includes a historical note about westward migration.
9) Poultrygeist
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2003
Description
On Halloween night, two rowdy young roosters encounter a "poultrygeist" in the barn.
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Vol. 1: Moving at the speed of sound, keeping the world free from robotic tyranny-it's SONIC THE HEDGEHOG! One of the oldest, most beloved videogame icons speeds into brand new comic book stories with new friends, new foes and new adventures! The entire planet has been rocked by Dr. Eggman's Super Genesis Wave! Sonic wakes up to world and a life he doesn't recognize! It's up to him to gather up his friends, the Freedom Fighters, and figure out what's...
12) A perfect place
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Series
Joshua's Oregon Trail diary volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Late in 1848, nine-year-old Joshua McCullough starts a second journal, this time recording events in Willamette Valley, Oregon Territory, as his family and others they met on the trail begin to get settled.
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Series
Elizabeth's diary volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
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Emma Dilemma volume 6
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Emma's happy summer of soccer camp with best friend Luisa and visits to Rooney, the beloved old horse at the nearby stables where Annie the nanny helps out, changes when she discovers that Rooney is being sold and Luisa has some unhappy news.
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Sonic the Hedgehog (2018) volume 3
Description
"When Neo Metal Sonic--an evil robot with Sonic's speed, Dr. Eggman's intellect, and an unbreakable mechanical body--conquers the island to grow his power even more, Sonic and his friends must team-up and take the fight to him. But even with the full power of the Resistance behind him, will Sonic be able to take down Neo Metal Sonic once and for all?"--Provided by publisher.